Kbr
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Lead Specialist , Project Controls
- Location
- Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Full-time
About the job
Title: Lead Specialist , Project Controls
Job Title Lead Specialist I Project Control Division KBR Sustainable Technology Solutions (STS) provides holistic and value-added solutions across the entire asset life cycle. These include world-class licensed process technologies, differentiated advisory services, deep technical domain expertise, energy transition solutions, high-end design capabilities, and smart solutions to optimize planned and operating assets. Responsibilities:
• Forecasts, controls, and reports project costs for projects.
- Forecasts, controls, and reports project costs for projects.
- Develops and provides project variances, trending and analysis of expenditures, monthly forecasts and reporting.
- Reviews project costs incurred by category, calculates future costs based on labor productivity, material price increases, subcontract, wage rates and risk analysis.
- Participates in or leads change control process. Ensures the development and completion of job progress milestones through scheduling.
- Coordinates with procurement and material mangers as well as engineering work group leads pertaining to essential items of supply.
- Provides priorities for projects to guarantee completion. Contributes to forecasts and disbursements by performing schedule analysis.
- Under general supervision, solves complex problems requiring detailed knowledge of field and industry best practices in project controls.
- Uses experience and problem solving skills to develop and improve processes.
- May provide guidance to less experienced team members.
- Position also may require accounting, financial management and customer reporting responsibilities at the project level.
- Skills required for this job are typically acquired through the completion of an undergraduate degree and 10+ years of experience.
Decarbonization – Energy Transition – Sustainability Belong. Connect. Grow. with KBR!
From Kbr's careers page (Workday), checked 29 Oct 2026.
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Posted 23 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job